''Rhiscosomides'' is a genus of small millipedes in the order

Chordeumatida Chordeumatida (from the Greek word for "sausage") is a large order of millipedes containing more than 1,400 species. Also known as sausage millipedes, they are found nearly worldwide. Chordeumatida is the largest order in the superorder Nemato ...

. The genus contains seven described species, and is the only genus in the family Rhiscosomididae. Rhiscosomides millipedes are native to western North America. Adult millipedes in this family are small, and have 30 segments (counting the collum as the first segment and the

telson The telson () is the hindmost division of the body of an arthropod. Depending on the definition, the telson is either considered to be the final segment (biology), segment of the arthropod body, or an additional division that is not a true segm ...

as the last).

Species

* '' Rhiscosomides acovescor'' Shear, 1972 * '' Rhiscosomides benedictae'' Shear, 1973 * '' Rhiscosomides josephi'' Chamberlin, 1941 * '' Rhiscosomides malcomi'' Shear, 1973 * '' Rhiscosomides meineri'' Silvestri, 1909 * '' Rhiscosomides montereum'' Chamberlin, 1910 * '' Rhiscosomides trinitarium'' Shear, 1973

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